Sat, Oct 10, 12:08 AM MEMPHIS - Pro Stock Truck Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Truck at the 11th annual Pennzoil Nationals presented by AutoZone, listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, (best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run):

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Left Lane: Steven Farr Runs 10.019/102.96 Now #28, (Best prior run: 8.220/160.23 Was #28)
Right Lane: Arthur Hodges Runs 10.470/ 86.62 Now #20, (Best prior run: 7.800/172.74 Was #20)

Here we go with the last round of qualifying the bump is Roy Hill at 7.896. Farr loses traction around the 330-foot mark, and no help for Hodges.

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Left Lane: Roy Hill No Time Now #16, (Best prior run: 7.896/170.02 Was #16)
Right Lane: Chris DeSalvo Runs 8.910/109.93 Now #24, (Best prior run: 7.873/171.34 Was #24)

Hill breaks on the burnout and drives it on through, while DeSalvo waits. DeSalvo is real loose, heads to centerline, and when he corrects it he gets real close to the wall. He does a great job saving it.

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Left Lane: Tim Freeman Runs 10.965/ 81.10 Now # 6, (Best prior run: 7.704/173.99 Was # 6)
Right Lane: Don Smith Runs 7.948/170.21 Now #19, (Best prior run: 7.793/172.30 Was #19)

Freeman heads toward the wall and clicks it off, Smith with no help.

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Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.764/170.75 Now #13, (Best prior run: 7.760/172.47 Was #13)
Right Lane: Bart Price Runs 7.995/144.44 Now #27, (Best prior run: 7.993/171.10 Was #27)

No help for either driver.

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Left Lane: Bo Nickens Runs 9.018/108.56 Now #25, (Best prior run: 7.900/167.61 Was #25)
Right Lane: Dale Eaton Runs 7.736/172.72 Now #10, (Best prior run: 7.786/172.76 Was #18)

Eaton gets in the show, while Nickens is real loose and will not make the show.

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Left Lane: Ronnie Sox Runs 7.794/172.34 Now #20, (Best prior run: 7.914/170.92 Was #26)
Right Lane: Brad Jeter Runs 7.635/175.62 Now # 1, (Best prior run: 7.676/175.62 Was # 2)

The track temperature is 71 degrees, and Jeter jumps to the top of the field and ties the national ET record with this pass.

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Left Lane: Craig Eaton Runs 7.708/172.36 Now # 9, (Best prior run: 7.725/173.63 Was # 9)
Right Lane: Larry Kopp Runs 9.269/ 0.00 Now # 2, (Best prior run: 7.653/175.34 Was # 2)

Kopp went toward the centerline and lifts.

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Left Lane: John Lukovich Runs 7.739/173.34 Now #12, (Best prior run: 7.777/170.19 Was #18)
Right Lane: David Nickens Runs 7.713/171.97 Now #10, (Best prior run: 7.748/171.53 Was #11)

Nickens gets in and the bump is now Patterson with a 7.760.

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Left Lane: Bob Panella Jr Runs 7.680/174.39 Now # 3, (Best prior run: 7.698/174.73 Was # 4)
Right Lane: Roy Simmons Runs 7.727/173.97 Now #11, (Best prior run: 7.749/172.41 Was #13)

Panella running their own engine steps up to three.

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Left Lane: Mark Ingersoll Runs 7.737/172.12 Now #13, (Best prior run: 7.777/172.14 Was #18)
Right Lane: Robert Freeman Runs 7.861/168.64 Now #24, (Best prior run: 7.863/169.49 Was #24)

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Left Lane: Grant Lewis Runs 7.749/174.37 Now # 8, (Best prior run: 7.708/174.66 Was # 8)
Right Lane: Larry Seay Runs 7.769/171.90 Now #18, (Best prior run: 7.817/171.77 Was #22)

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Left Lane: Dave McConnell Runs 7.733/172.04 Now #12, (Best prior run: 7.759/172.17 Was #15)
Right Lane: John Lingenfelter Runs 15.963/ 79.55 Now # 5, (Best prior run: 7.699/173.65 Was # 5)

Lingenfelter launches real hard lifting the front tires and then clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 7.743/173.70 Now # 7, (Best prior run: 7.705/175.32 Was # 7)
Right Lane: Mike Coughlin Runs 7.755/171.08 Now #17, (Best prior run: 7.774/172.32 Was #19)

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Left Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 7.773/172.03 Now # 4, (Best prior run: 7.697/175.02 Was # 4)
Right Lane: Sondra Sikes Runs 8.233/129.72 Now #23, (Best prior run: 7.823/171.69 Was #23)

That is it for the Trucks, Jeter stays number one, and Hill will stay in the number 16 spot.